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Soldier reflects on television experience

Nov-29-2004 » Filed Under: 1/25 SBCT

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By Doug Hunt

A local Army infantryman was recruited by the chain-of-command to be spotlighted on a short CNN Headline News segment, said Daniel Suiter, a 1995 North Montgomery High School graduate.

Suiter related his momentary stardom and the job he does in Mozul, Iraq. The first story was reported Saturday in the Journal Review.

Caroline Suiter, his grandmother, had first seen the segment at 2:45 p.m. Thursday.

CNN senior international correspondent Nic Robertson asked military brass for a soldier to interview and the officers sent Suiter.

“Never having been on national television, I was quite nervous at first,” Suiter said. “But as the day went on and I spent some off camera time with Nic and Dave Allbritton, the video journalist, I quickly developed a good rapport with them and felt more comfortable talking to them.”

A four-minute segment was edited from nearly six hours of filming Suiter. The crew also spent about 18 hours with Suiter and his platoon.

“I learned more about the (media) business and have more respect for those in this field,” Suiter said.

In addition to his infantryman job, Suiter is the radio telephone operator for the platoon as part of Task Force Olympia in Mozul.

“We do any number of missions from seeking out key enemy personnel, security escorts for VIPs, information gathering, supporting the local Iraqi Police and Iraqi National Guard, as well as a number of different types of patrols,” Suiter said.


Comments For "Soldier reflects on television experience":

I saw the segment on CNN a couple of times. Even though it wasn't MY IN stryker, I enjoyed seeing another stryker featured who they said was also from IN!!! It was AWESOME!!! You guys are great!!! Glad you got to at least eat some turkey!!! God bless you ALL!!!!

Posted by: INstrykermom | November 30, 2004 8:59 AM

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